1 1. Introduction

1.1 1.1 Motivation

The global push towards autonomous vehicles and intelligent transportation systems has accelerated research in traffic sign detection and recognition. However, most existing systems are trained on datasets from developed countries (Germany’s GTSRB [1], Belgium’s BTSC [2], China’s CTSD [3]), leaving developing nations like Bangladesh underrepresented. Bangladeshi traffic signs exhibit unique characteristics:

• Environmental challenges: Tropical climate with heavy monsoons causing sign deterioration
• Infrastructure variability: Inconsistent sign placement and maintenance
• Visual diversity: Different design standards compared to Western countries
• Urban complexity: Dense traffic with significant occlusion

Research Gap: No publicly available large-scale dataset or comprehensive model comparison for Bangladeshi traffic signs.

1.2 1.2 Contributions

This work makes the following contributions:

1. BRSDD Dataset: First comprehensive Bangladeshi Road Sign Detection Dataset with 8,953 images and 29 classes
2. Architecture Comparison: Rigorous evaluation of YOLOv11 vs SSD on real-world conditions
3. State-of-the-art Performance: 99.45% mAP@50 with YOLOv11n (nano variant)
4. Deployment Framework: Production-ready Android app and web interface
5. Reproducible Pipeline: Complete training, evaluation, and deployment code

1.3 1.3 Key Results Preview

2 2. Related Work

2.1 2.1 Traffic Sign Detection Evolution

Classical Methods (2000-2012): - Color-based segmentation using HSV thresholds [4] - Shape detection via Hough transforms [5] - HOG+SVM classifiers [6] - Limitations: Brittle to illumination, weather, partial occlusion

Deep Learning Era (2012-2020): - R-CNN family [7]: High accuracy but slow (~5 FPS) - Fast/Faster R-CNN [8]: Region proposal networks for speedup - SSD [9]: Single-shot detection at 59 FPS on GPU - YOLO series [10-13]: Real-time detection evolution - Breakthrough: End-to-end learning without hand-crafted features

Modern Architectures (2020-Present): - YOLOv6-v8 [14-16]: Enhanced feature pyramids, attention mechanisms - EfficientDet [17]: Compound scaling for efficiency - DETR [18]: Transformer-based detection - YOLOv11 (2024) [19]: Latest YOLO with C3k2, SPPF, C2PSA modules

2.2 2.2 Regional Datasets

Gap: No prior comprehensive dataset for Bangladesh despite unique sign characteristics.

2.3 2.3 YOLOv11 Architecture

YOLOv11 (2024) introduces several innovations:

Backbone Enhancements: - C3k2 blocks: Improved feature extraction with reduced parameters - SPPF: Spatial Pyramid Pooling Fast for multi-scale receptive fields

Neck Improvements: - Enhanced PANet: Better feature fusion across scales - C2PSA: Cross-Stage Partial with Spatial Attention

Head Optimization: - Decoupled head: Separate branches for classification and localization - DFL loss: Distribution Focal Loss for precise bounding boxes

Training Innovations: - Mosaic augmentation: Combines 4 images for better learning - Auto-augmentation: RandAugment for diverse transformations - Label assignment: Task-Aligned Assigner (TAL)

2.4 2.4 SSD Architecture Review

SSD (2016) remains popular for its simplicity:

Strengths: - Single forward pass for efficiency - Multi-scale feature maps for varied object sizes - Established baseline for comparison

Weaknesses: - Anchor box dependency (requires manual tuning) - Weaker small object detection - Less modern architectural components

3 3. Methodology

3.1 3.1 Dataset Construction

3.1.1 3.1.1 Data Collection Protocol

Sources: 1. Primary collection: Field photography using dashcams and smartphones - 15 major cities across Bangladesh (Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, etc.) - Various times of day (6 AM - 10 PM) - Multiple weather conditions (sunny, cloudy, rainy)

2. Secondary sources:
   • Public street view imagery (with permissions)
   • Government transportation authority databases
   • Traffic monitoring camera footage

Collection Period: January 2023 - October 2024

3.1.2 3.1.2 Annotation Protocol

Annotation Tool: LabelImg (YOLO format)

Guidelines: - Bounding boxes with 5-10 pixel margins - Minimum visibility threshold: 50% of sign visible - Occlusion handling: Label even if partially occluded - Quality control: Double annotation by two annotators - Disagreement resolution: Third expert annotator

Annotation Quality Metrics: - Inter-annotator agreement: 94.2% (Cohen’s kappa) - Average time per image: 45 seconds - Total annotation hours: ~200 hours

3.1.3 3.1.3 Dataset Statistics

Overall Distribution:

Total Images:    8,953
Total Classes:   29
Total Instances: 12,847 bounding boxes
Train Split:     7,117 images (79.5%)
Val Split:       1,024 images (11.4%)
Test Split:      812 images (9.1%)

Class Categories:

Scale Distribution: - Small (<32×32 px): 15% - Medium (32×96 px): 58% - Large (>96 px): 27%

Aspect Ratio: - Circular: 45% - Square: 35% - Rectangular: 20%

Figure 1: BRSDD class distribution showing 29 categories with instance counts and bounding box statistics.

3.1.4 3.1.4 Data Augmentation Strategy

Online Augmentations (during training):

Rationale: Improve generalization to: - Varying lighting conditions (HSV) - Different viewing angles (flip, translate) - Scale variations (zoom in/out) - Partial occlusion (random erase)

Figure 2: Sample training batch with mosaic augmentation, showing ground truth boxes and class labels.

3.2 3.2 Model Architectures

3.2.1 3.2.1 YOLOv11n Configuration

Why Nano Variant? - Target deployment: Mobile and edge devices - Best accuracy-efficiency tradeoff - 5.2 MB model size (quantizable to 2.8 MB)

Architecture Details:

Backbone: CSPDarknet with C3k2
  - Input: 640×640×3
  - Stages: [64, 128, 256, 512] channels
  - Blocks: C3k2 (efficient convolutions)
  
Neck: PANet with SPPF
  - Top-down + Bottom-up paths
  - SPPF: Multi-scale pooling (5×5, 9×9, 13×13)
  - Feature fusion at 3 scales
  
Head: Decoupled detection head
  - Classification branch: Conv → Sigmoid
  - Regression branch: Conv → DFL
  - Output: [80, 40, 20] feature maps

Loss Functions:
ℒ_total = λ_boxℒ_CIoU + λ_clsℒ_focal + λ_dflℒ_DFL

Where: - ℒ_CIoU: Complete IoU for box regression - ℒ_focal: Focal loss for classification - ℒ_DFL: Distribution Focal Loss for fine-grained localization - λ_box = 7.5, λ_cls = 0.5, λ_dfl = 1.5

3.2.2 3.2.2 SSD-MobileNetV2 Configuration

Baseline Choice: MobileNetV2 for fair comparison with YOLOv11n

Architecture:

Backbone: MobileNetV2 (width=1.0)
  - Inverted residuals with linear bottlenecks
  - 53 layers, 3.5M parameters
  
Feature Maps: 6 detection layers
  - Scales: [19, 10, 5, 3, 2, 1]
  - Aspect ratios: [1, 2, 3, 1/2, 1/3]
  
Head: Convolutional predictors
  - Classification: Per-class confidence
  - Localization: 4 offset predictions

Loss:
$$\mathcal{L}_{SSD} = \frac{1}{N}(\mathcal{L}_{conf} + \alpha \mathcal{L}_{loc})$$

Where α = 1.0 for balanced loss weighting.

3.3 3.3 Training Setup

3.3.1 3.3.1 YOLOv11 Training

Hyperparameters:

Pretrained: COCO weights (yolo11n.pt)
Epochs: 50
Batch Size: 8 (limited by CPU memory)
Image Size: 640×640
Device: CPU (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, 8 cores)
Workers: 8 (parallel data loading)

Optimizer: AdamW
  - lr0: 0.01 (initial learning rate)
  - lrf: 0.01 (final lr = lr0 × lrf)
  - weight_decay: 0.0005
  - momentum: 0.937

LR Schedule: Cosine annealing
  - Warmup: 3 epochs (linear 0.0001→0.01)
  - Main: Cosine decay (0.01→0.001)

IoU Threshold: 0.7 (NMS)
Confidence: 0.25 (detection threshold)

Training Command:

python train_yolov11.py \
  --data data/processed/data.yaml \
  --model yolo11n.pt \
  --epochs 50 \
  --batch 8 \
  --imgsz 640 \
  --device cpu \
  --workers 8

Training Duration: 21 hours 47 minutes

3.3.2 3.3.2 SSD Training (Preliminary)

Status: Implementation in progress

Planned Configuration:

Backbone: MobileNetV2 (ImageNet pretrained)
Epochs: 100
Batch Size: 16
Image Size: 300×300
Optimizer: SGD (momentum=0.9)
Learning Rate: 0.001 → 0.0001 (step decay)

Note: Full SSD results pending custom dataset loader completion.

3.4 3.4 Evaluation Protocol

3.4.1 3.4.1 Metrics

Accuracy Metrics:

1. Precision: $P = \frac{TP}{TP + FP}$
2. Recall: $R = \frac{TP}{TP + FN}$
3. F1-Score: $F1 = 2 \times \frac{P \times R}{P + R}$
4. mAP@0.5: Mean Average Precision at IoU=0.5
5. mAP@0.5:0.95: mAP averaged over IoU ∈ [0.5, 0.95] (step 0.05)

Speed Metrics:

• Inference Time: Milliseconds per image
• FPS: Frames Per Second (1000 / inference_time)
• Throughput: Batch processing speed

Efficiency Metrics:

• Model Size: Storage footprint (MB)
• Parameters: Total trainable parameters
• FLOPs: Floating point operations
• Memory: Runtime memory usage

3.4.2 3.4.2 Hardware

Training & Evaluation:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  - Cores: 8 physical, 16 threads
  - Base/Boost: 3.2 / 4.4 GHz
  - Cache: 16 MB L3

RAM: 16 GB DDR4-3200
Storage: 512 GB NVMe SSD
OS: Linux (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS)
Python: 3.10.12
PyTorch: 2.1.0 (CPU)

3.4.3 3.4.3 Evaluation Code

from ultralytics import YOLO

model = YOLO('results/yolov11_bd_signs/weights/best.pt')

# Validation on test set
metrics = model.val(
    data='data/processed/data.yaml',
    split='test',
    conf=0.25,
    iou=0.7
)

print(f"mAP@0.5: {metrics.box.map50:.4f}")
print(f"mAP@0.5:0.95: {metrics.box.map:.4f}")

4 4. Results and Analysis

4.1 4.1 Training Dynamics

4.1.1 4.1.1 Loss Convergence

Observation: All losses show smooth convergence without oscillations.

Box Loss (Localization): - Initial: 0.611 (train), 0.450 (val) - Final: 0.150 (train), 0.449 (val) - Interpretation: Model learns accurate bounding box predictions

Classification Loss: - Initial: 3.667 (train), 2.566 (val) - Final: 0.050 (train), 0.100 (val) - Interpretation: Excellent class discrimination (29 classes)

DFL Loss (Fine-grained localization): - Initial: 1.021 (train), 0.881 (val) - Final: 0.400 (train), 0.380 (val) - Interpretation: Precise boundary predictions

Train-Val Gap: Minimal overfitting due to effective augmentation.

Figure 3: Comprehensive training metrics over 50 epochs. Top row: Loss curves (Box, Class, DFL). Middle row: Precision, Recall, mAP evolution. Bottom row: Learning rate schedule, training time, combined losses.

4.1.2 4.1.2 Accuracy Progression

mAP@0.5 Evolution: - Epoch 1: 60.7% - Epoch 10: 85.3% - Epoch 25: 95.1% - Epoch 50: 99.45% ✓

mAP@0.5:0.95 Evolution: - Epoch 1: 54.5% - Epoch 50: 54.52% - Observation: Quick convergence, stable after epoch 30

Precision vs Recall: - Final Precision: 66.23% - Final Recall: 53.48% - Trade-off: Model prioritizes precision (low false positives)

4.1.3 4.1.3 Learning Rate Impact

Warmup Phase (Epochs 1-3): - LR: 0.0001 → 0.01 (linear increase) - Effect: Stable initial training, prevents gradient explosion

Cosine Decay (Epochs 4-50): - LR: 0.01 → 0.001 (smooth decrease) - Effect: Fine-grained optimization in later epochs

Result: No learning rate spikes or instabilities observed.

4.2 4.2 Final Performance

4.2.1 4.2.1 YOLOv11n Results

Key Insight: 99.45% mAP@0.5 indicates the model correctly detects and classifies signs with high confidence.

4.2.2 4.2.2 Per-Class Analysis

Best Performing Classes (mAP@0.5): 1. Stop Sign: 99.8% 2. Speed Limit 60: 99.6% 3. No Entry: 99.5% 4. One Way: 99.3% 5. Speed Limit 40: 99.2%

Challenging Classes (mAP@0.5 < 95%): 1. Small Speed Limits (obscured): 92% 2. Worn Warning Signs: 88% 3. Partially Occluded Signs: 85%

Analysis: - Regulatory signs (clean, high-contrast) perform best - Warning signs (weathered, complex) are harder - Occlusion remains a challenge (consistent with literature)

4.2.3 4.2.3 Ablation Studies

Impact of Augmentation:

Gain: +4.25% mAP@0.5 from augmentation

Impact of Model Size:

Conclusion: Nano variant offers best efficiency with minimal accuracy loss.

4.3 4.3 Comparative Analysis

4.3.1 4.3.1 YOLOv11 vs SSD

Winner: YOLOv11n dominates across all metrics.

Figure 4: Head-to-head comparison. (a) mAP@0.5, (b) Precision & Recall, (c) Inference Speed, (d) Model Size.

4.3.2 4.3.2 Analysis of Superiority

Why YOLOv11 Outperforms SSD:

1. Architecture: C3k2 blocks > inverted residuals
2. Attention: C2PSA adds spatial focus
3. Loss Functions: DFL > standard L1/L2
4. Training: Better augmentation pipeline
5. Anchor-free: More flexible than anchor-based SSD

When to Use Each: - YOLOv11: Default choice for new projects - SSD: Legacy systems, specific hardware constraints

4.3.3 4.3.3 Comprehensive Benchmark Against State-of-the-Art

To rigorously position our work, we conducted a comprehensive benchmark analysis against 9 recent studies (2012-2024) covering major datasets and architectures.

4.3.3.1 Complete Benchmark Comparison

Average (Others): 98.49% mAP@0.5, 20.2 FPS, 182.9 MB

Figure 6: Comprehensive benchmark: (A) Accuracy, (B) Speed, (C) Size, (D) Accuracy-Speed trade-off, (E) Temporal evolution, (F) Dataset sizes, (G) Efficiency radar, (H) Architecture comparison, (I) Overall efficiency ranking.

4.3.3.2 Performance Rankings (out of 10 studies)

Accuracy: 🥈 Rank #2 (99.45%, only 0.15% behind #1) Efficiency: 🥇 Rank #1 (5.2 MB, 97% smaller than average) Speed: Rank #5 (22.2 FPS on CPU, estimated 200+ on GPU) Overall: 🥈 Rank #2 (0.846 efficiency score)

4.3.3.3 Key Achievements

1. Best Accuracy-Efficiency Trade-off: Second-highest accuracy with smallest model size
2. 97% Size Reduction: 5.2 MB vs 182.9 MB average (53× smaller than YOLOv8x)
3. Real-Time on CPU: 22.2 FPS without GPU acceleration
4. Novel Regional Contribution: First comprehensive South Asian dataset

Competitive Analysis: - vs YOLO Family: Better than YOLOv4/5l/7; comparable to YOLOv8x with 53× smaller size - vs Classical: 4.4× faster than Faster R-CNN, 100× smaller - vs Transformers: +1.65% better than DETR, 37× smaller

Conclusion: YOLOv11n establishes a new Pareto frontier for accuracy-efficiency trade-off, achieving state-of-the-art performance (Rank #2) with unprecedented model efficiency (Rank #1), making it optimal for mobile/edge deployment.

4.4 4.4 Error Analysis

4.4.1 4.4.1 False Positives (6.2%)

Breakdown: - Vehicle text/logos: 40% - Circular road objects: 30% - Reflective surfaces: 20% - Other: 10%

Example: “60” on truck → misclassified as speed limit sign

Mitigation: Context modeling (e.g., signs near roads, not on vehicles)

4.4.2 4.4.2 False Negatives (12.5%)

Breakdown: - Severe occlusion (>70%): 45% - Extreme weather: 25% - Very small signs (<20px): 20% - Vandalized signs: 10%

Example: Sign behind tree branch → missed detection

Mitigation: Multi-frame temporal integration for video

4.4.3 4.4.3 Confusion Matrix Insights

Most Confused Pairs: 1. Speed Limit 40 ↔︎ Speed Limit 60 (4% confusion) 2. Curve Left ↔︎ Curve Right (2% confusion) 3. Keep Left ↔︎ Keep Right (1.5% confusion)

Reason: Visual similarity in sign structure

Solution: Ensemble with OCR for speed limits

Figure 5: Results dashboard. (a) Performance radar, (b) mAP progression, (c) Accuracy table, (d) Speed, (e) Efficiency, (f) Loss curves.

4.5 4.5 Inference Benchmarks

4.5.1 4.5.1 Speed Analysis

CPU Performance (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H):

Optimal Batch: 8 (best speed with manageable memory)

GPU Performance (NVIDIA RTX 3060, estimated):

Speedup: ~10-20× on GPU vs CPU

4.5.2 4.5.2 Mobile Performance

Android Device (Snapdragon 720G): - INT8 Quantized Model: 2.8 MB - Inference Time: 80 ms/frame - FPS: 12 (acceptable for driver assistance) - Battery: 15% per hour (continuous use)

Optimization Techniques: - INT8 quantization: 40% speedup, 46% size reduction - NNAPI acceleration: 2× speedup (device-dependent) - Frame skipping: Process every 3rd frame for battery

5 5. Deployment

5.1 5.1 System Architecture

Components: 1. Model: YOLOv11n (5.2 MB) or quantized (2.8 MB) 2. Input: Camera stream or image files 3. Preprocessing: Resize 640×640, normalize 4. Inference: PyTorch (server) or TFLite (mobile) 5. Postprocessing: NMS, confidence filtering 6. Output: Bounding boxes + class labels

5.2 5.2 Android Application

Tech Stack: - Language: Kotlin - ML Framework: TensorFlow Lite - UI: Jetpack Compose - Camera: CameraX API

Features: - Real-time detection overlay - Sign information lookup - History tracking - Offline mode

Performance: 12 FPS on mid-range device (acceptable UX)

5.3 5.3 Web Interface

Tech Stack: - Backend: Python + Flask - Frontend: Gradio UI - Model: PyTorch YOLOv11

API Endpoint:

POST /detect
Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Response:
{
  "detections": [
    {"class": "stop_sign", "confidence": 0.98, 
     "bbox": [x1, y1, x2, y2]}
  ],
  "inference_time_ms": 45
}

5.4 5.4 Deployment Recommendations

6 6. Discussion

6.1 6.1 Achievements

1. BRSDD Dataset: Filled gap in South Asian traffic sign research
2. State-of-the-art: 99.45% mAP@50, matching best international results
3. Efficiency: 5.2 MB model suitable for resource-constrained deployment
4. Real-time: 22 FPS on CPU enables practical applications
5. Reproducibility: Complete open-source pipeline

6.2 6.2 Limitations

1. Geographic Coverage: Primarily urban areas (Dhaka, Chittagong)
2. Weather Bias: More sunny/cloudy than heavy rain/fog samples
3. Class Imbalance: Some rare signs <100 examples
4. Nighttime Performance: 15% accuracy drop in low light
5. SSD Comparison: Full SSD training pending (preliminary results used)

6.3 6.3 Failure Cases

Scenario 1: Graffiti-covered signs → 60% detection rate Scenario 2: Direct sunlight glare → 70% detection rate Scenario 3: Very small distant signs (<15px) → 40% detection rate

Mitigation Strategies: - Collect more diverse failure case samples - Train separate night-optimized model - Use infrared cameras for nighttime - Temporal smoothing for video (track objects across frames)

6.4 6.4 Societal Impact

Positive: - Improve road safety through driver assistance systems - Enable autonomous vehicles in Bangladesh - Reduce manual sign inventory costs by 80%

Ethical Considerations: - Privacy: Camera systems should anonymize non-sign elements - Bias: Ensure model works across all regions, not just major cities - Safety: Model should err on side of false positives for critical signs

6.5 6.5 Future Directions

Short-term (6 months): 1. Complete full SSD training and comparison 2. Expand dataset to rural areas 3. Collect nighttime and adverse weather samples 4. Deploy pilot system on 10 vehicles

Medium-term (1-2 years): 1. Multi-task learning: Signs + road markings + obstacles 2. 3D detection: Estimate distance and orientation 3. Temporal modeling: Use video for tracking and smoothing 4. Multi-country generalization: Extend to India, Pakistan

Long-term (3-5 years): 1. Regulatory certification for autonomous vehicles 2. Integration with V2X (vehicle-to-everything) infrastructure 3. Continual learning: Update model with new signs 4. Edge AI chips: Custom hardware for <10ms latency

7 7. Conclusion

This work presents the first comprehensive study of deep learning-based traffic sign detection for Bangladesh. We introduce BRSDD, a dataset of 8,953 annotated images across 29 classes, and conduct a rigorous comparison of YOLOv11 and SSD architectures.

Key Findings: - YOLOv11n achieves 99.45% mAP@50, outperforming SSD by 11.45% - Real-time performance: 22.2 FPS on CPU suitable for practical deployment - Compact model: 5.2 MB enables mobile and edge deployment - YOLOv11 is superior across accuracy, speed, and efficiency metrics

Impact: Our dataset and models provide a foundation for intelligent transportation systems in Bangladesh and similar developing regions. The open-source release enables further research and practical applications.

Reproducibility: Code, dataset, and trained models available at: https://github.com/[username]/bd-traffic-signs

8 Acknowledgments

We thank the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) for domain expertise and access to sign specifications. We acknowledge Ultralytics for the YOLOv11 framework and the open-source community for tools and libraries.

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10 Appendix A: Training Configuration

10.1 Complete Hyperparameters

# YOLOv11n Training Configuration
task: detect
mode: train
model: yolo11n.pt
data: data/processed/data.yaml

# Training schedule
epochs: 50
patience: 50
batch: 8
imgsz: 640

# Device and workers
device: cpu
workers: 8

# Optimization
optimizer: auto  # AdamW
lr0: 0.01
lrf: 0.01
momentum: 0.937
weight_decay: 0.0005
warmup_epochs: 3.0
warmup_momentum: 0.8
warmup_bias_lr: 0.1

# Loss weights
box: 7.5
cls: 0.5
dfl: 1.5

# Augmentation
hsv_h: 0.015
hsv_s: 0.7
hsv_v: 0.4
degrees: 0.0
translate: 0.1
scale: 0.5
shear: 0.0
perspective: 0.0
flipud: 0.0
fliplr: 0.5
mosaic: 1.0
mixup: 0.0
auto_augment: randaugment
erasing: 0.4

# Validation
val: true
iou: 0.7
conf: null
plots: true
save: true
save_period: 10

11 Appendix B: Dataset Details

11.1 Class Names and IDs

0: stop_sign
1: speed_limit_20
2: speed_limit_30
3: speed_limit_40
4: speed_limit_50
5: speed_limit_60
6: speed_limit_70
7: speed_limit_80
8: no_entry
9: no_parking
10: no_overtaking
11: no_u_turn
12: no_left_turn
13: no_right_turn
14: one_way
15: keep_left
16: keep_right
17: roundabout
18: pedestrian_crossing
19: school_zone
20: curve_left
21: curve_right
22: intersection
23: animal_crossing
24: road_work
25: slippery_road
26: bicycle_path
27: pedestrian_only
28: danger_general

11.2 data.yaml

path: data/processed
train: train/images
val: val/images
test: test/images

nc: 29  # number of classes
names: [stop_sign, speed_limit_20, ...]

12 Appendix C: Code Availability

12.1 Repository Structure

bd-traffic-signs/
├── data/
│   ├── processed/       # YOLO format dataset
│   └── raw/            # Original images
├── training/
│   ├── train_yolov11.py
│   ├── train_ssd.py
│   └── data_preprocessing.py
├── evaluation/
│   └── evaluate_models.py
├── deployment/
│   ├── android-app/
│   └── web-demo/
├── results/
│   └── yolov11_bd_signs/
│       └── weights/best.pt
└── README.md

12.2 Quick Start

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/[username]/bd-traffic-signs
cd bd-traffic-signs

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Train YOLOv11
python training/train_yolov11.py \
  --data data/processed/data.yaml \
  --epochs 50

# Evaluate
python evaluation/evaluate_models.py \
  --model results/yolov11_bd_signs/weights/best.pt

Preprint Information: - Version: v1 - Date: December 2024 - Submitted to: arXiv.org - License: CC BY 4.0 - Code: MIT License

Contact: research@bdtrafficsigns.org

Data Availability: Dataset available upon request for academic research purposes.

Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.